With The Great British Bake Off now back on our screens, everyone seems to have gone baking crazy once again. Mary Berry may have departed but that does not appear to have dented the nation’s appetite, with millions tuning in every week to find out who is star baker and who is going home.

We too have got the baking bug, donning our aprons and getting into the kitchen to try our hands at making bread, pastry, tarts, cakes and other sweet and savoury treats. Unfortunately we are not quite on the same level as this year’s Bake Off crop so we’ve tried to find recipes that are not too difficult and that give the maximum results for the smallest effort. Here are some of our favourites from the ones we’ve come across this week.

Top five recipes of the week

Easy no bake strawberry cheesecake

This is really easy to make and tastes fantastic. You’ll need to give the base and the filling time to set though. How long will you be able to hold out before you just have to have a slice?